Table of Contents
The chess house -- The new era -- Making a break -- Mac in love -- Last May -- Rose -- The return -- Parents -- Man of letters -- The franklin stove -- Em -- 14 stories -- Milk is very good for you -- The signing -- Love has its own action -- Cut -- The intruder -- Streets -- Movies -- Layaways -- The watch -- Stop -- Cy -- The hole -- Joke -- The gold car -- Darling -- The frame --The bench -- For a man your age -- Goodbye to goodbye -- Come on a coming -- Time to go -- Eating the placenta -- The letter -- Change -- Moving on -- The rescuer -- Love and will -- Grace calls -- Dog days -- In time -- Said -- The postcard -- Windows -- A sloppy story -- The painter -- Takes -- Gifts -- The student -- All gone -- The batterer -- Magna as a child -- Only the cat escapes -- Frog'snanny -- Frog dances -- Frog made free -- Frog takes a swim -- Frog's mom -- Man, woman and boy.